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Urvi @theurv.com · 28/09/2026

There were more men in a single documented gang rape at one school than the number of competitive trans athletes nationally. But I’ve heard a lot more politicians being asked about protecting girls from one of these scenarios and not another… I’ll let you guess which is which.

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Coach Finstock @coachfinstock.bsky.social · 27/09/2026

Scott Hanson of RedZone talking about a man who sexually assaulted 28 women and might lead his team to a meaningless week 3 win: "Even with all the things swirling around in Deshaun Watsons back story, he can be a hero in this game"

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Don Moynihan @donmoyn.bsky.social · 25/09/2026

Once again, the Supreme Court prioritizes imaginary harms done to Trump by not allowing him to indulge in his conspiracy theories, as opposed to the very real harm done to citizens who may lose the ability to vote in this case.

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Mina Kimes @minakimes.bsky.social · 24/09/2026

The Good Life but it should be noted that every single song on this album is a banger

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Aaron Reichlin-Melnick @reichlinmelnick.bsky.social · 24/09/2026

Incredible. First Secretary Mullin claimed that DHS had identified 15,903 noncitizens on Nevada’s voter roll. Then DHS officials told a skeptical Nevada, no no no, that’s just people we flagged. Here are the names of 185 people we KNOW aren’t citizens. All 185 were citizens. DHS got 100% wrong.

When the Department of Homeland Security sent Nevada a list of 185 names last month that it claimed identified noncitizens who had been improperly allowed to register to vote, state election officials got to work.
On Tuesday, the state sent a strongly worded rebuke to the federal government: Every single person on the list was a lawful citizen.
"As for the 185 individuals, our records indicate that they were citizens," Greg D. Ott, a deputy attorney general in Nevada, wrote, according to a copy of a letter sent to Department of Homeland Security officials obtained through open records requests.
"You have provided nothing of substance to suggest otherwise."

Following the meeting, Ms. Vogt sent a clarifying email to Nevada officials. "I also wanted to be sure I clarified that we did not reduce the 15,903 to 185," she wrote. "We've manually reviewed some of the 15,903 and confirmed 185 are not U.S. Citizens."
Now, Nevada officials are saying even that 185 number is wrong. They also took issue with a letter D.H.S. sent them in early September, in which the agency reiterated its initial claims about nearly 16,000 noncitizens on the rolls and pressured state officials to review each case in a letter to Nevada officials in early September.

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gwen howerton @kissphoria.bsky.social · 23/09/2026

in the spring i saw a dentist, he said i had 8 cavities and it would be $2k to get them all fixed. i went to the dentist yesterday, guy says I have no cavities and that he doesn't know why the first guy told me that. cool profession

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ProPublica @propublica.org · 22/09/2026

Sen. Susan Collins helped steer millions in federal defense contracts to Navatek, whose CEO illegally funneled thousands of dollars to her campaign. The FBI sought to launch a probe and was eyeing Collins and other lawmakers. Then Trump gutted the unit in charge. THREAD 🧵

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southpaw @nycsouthpaw.bsky.social · 21/09/2026

“Briefly detained” = beat half to death

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Patrick Cosmos @veryimportant.lawyer · 20/09/2026

Not really sure where a bunch of liberals got the idea that they can’t win without throwing trans people in the garbage, but they’re stupid and cruel and wrong. If you want a human sacrifice so damned bad put gavin newsom in the wicker man

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Better Things Are Possible @internethippo.bsky.social · 20/09/2026

Republicans know that too, but they also know this is something they can make Dems flinch and equivocate about, which makes them look overall weak and indecisive. They did it with immigration last cycle, they did it with gay marriage 20 years ago. The only way to win is to tell them to eat shit

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Max Kennerly @maxkennerly.bsky.social · 20/09/2026

"This election is about the threat of trans kids" is the worst possible messaging for Dems yet so many candidates are leaning into it. No voter will flip R->D over it. Low-info voters read this as "you're focused on bullshit that doesn't affect me" while the base reads this as "you're an asshole."

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Ambassador Ken Fairfax (ret) @portlandken.bsky.social · 19/09/2026

The accounting is in: In Oregon there are 111 data centers. The TOTAL number of people employed at data centers is just 2,630, or 0.1% of the labor force. Those 100 data centers consumer 23% of all electricity used in Oregon. Meanwhile, electricity rates skyrocket as more centers are built.

opb.org

Oregon data centers by the numbers: 111 facilities consume nearly one-quarter of state’s power, according to new report

A first-of-its-kind report details the footprint of the controversial facilities.

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Paul F. Tompkins @pftompkins.bsky.social · 19/09/2026

It’s very simple and it’s been said over and over but I guess it needs saying continuously: if you deem one group too small to have equal rights you are enabling fascism, not fighting it. The people saying Dems are GREAT on trans rights are not paying attention and/or saying stuff like this.

Nichole Hiltz
The Democrats defend the Kennedy Center but not trans people.
A building.

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maybe because defending everything about a super small minority of the population is not worth losing to fascists

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WOR$T GIRL IN ACADEMIA @medievaliste.bsky.social · 17/09/2026

Once again, the median pay for an adjunct professor in the United States of America is $3,500 per course. Not per month, per course.

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Paul F. Tompkins @pftompkins.bsky.social · 17/09/2026

CHRIST ALMIGHTY

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Ryan Marino, MD @ryanmarino.bsky.social · 16/09/2026

Not sure if people know Wakefield was trying to sell a competing measles vaccine when he made up his fraudulent study about the MMR. It was only after that failed (because he is a complete fraud) that he started grifting off opposing all vaccines. It’s all just a grift. Antivaxxers are their marks.

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Chise @sailorrooscout.bsky.social · 14/09/2026

May I remind everyone that there is currently NO cure for rabies. May I also remind everyone there is absolutely NO scientific proof connecting ANY vaccine that we produce today with autism. This is true regarding vaccination in both humans AND in dogs. Vaccinate your pets please.

Worries about vaccination rates in dogs
As rabies seems to be spreading more in wildlife, veterinarians are especially worried about vaccine hesitancy spreading among pet owners, a dangerous trend that could lead to more dogs - and their owners
- becoming infected. A 2023 study published in the journal Vaccine found in nationally representative
sample of Americans that nearly 40% believed canine vaccines were unsafe and 37% believed that vaccines could lead their dogs to develop cognitive issues, such as autism.

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Jacob T. Levy @jacobtlevy.bsky.social · 13/09/2026

for the sake of all that's holy just *let me upload my already thought-out and carefully-written letter of recommendation.* Don't give me a webform with seven different specific and slightly off-kilter essays boxes each with its own idiosyncratic word count.

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The Onion @theonion.com · 10/09/2026

Beef Tallow Homunculus Escapes From HHS Building theonion.com/beef-tallow-homunculus…

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Alejandra Caraballo @esqueer.net · 10/09/2026

No matter how much you throw trans people under the bus, you are still going to get attacked. All you've done is betray a vulnerable minority, anger your base, and made the issue front and center.

Alt Text:
Screenshot showing two sequential posts on X by journalist Aaron Rupar (@atrupar.com) discussing Texas politics:
* Top post: Text reads, "Paxton on Talarico: 'He wants to transition your kids!'" accompanied by an embedded video frame of Texas Attorney General Ken Paxton speaking at a podium in a dark suit and red tie.
* Bottom post: Text reads, "Talarico says he would vote in favor of a national ban for transgender surgeries for minors," above a video thumbnail from Fox News Channel featuring a woman anchor in a red blazer, with lower-third banners reading "EXCLUSIVE," "SHIFTING THE REINS?", and "TALARICO STANCE DIFFERS FROM EARLIER COMMENTS."

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Joanne Freeman @jbf1755.bsky.social · 07/09/2026

This would have destroyed me as a kid. Reading was EVERYTHING. And not children’s books. Even at a young age.

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The Onion @theonion.com · 02/09/2026

Laptop Gets To Age When It Can Be Lightly Tossed Sometimes theonion.com/laptop-gets-to-age-whe…

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Flock-o'-Lantern @buckrawheat.bsky.social · 27/08/2026

pulled the video so you don't have to go to X we stan a towering queen who does not care for the antics of mediocre men

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Nick Kapur @nickkapur.bsky.social · 26/08/2026

Making university faculty sit in their offices from 8 am to 5 pm every day, 5 days a week, is insane and serves no conceivable academic purpose. The fact that admins and even *staff* are exempt from this absurd requirement shows the real goal is to make tenured faculty quit.

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Dr. Lucky Tran @luckytran.com · 26/08/2026

The FDA just approved daraxonrasib, a breakthrough drug for advanced pancreatic cancer that doubles survival time. This is huge: pancreatic cancer was once thought untreatable. The researchers received a standing ovation when they presented the trial results, unheard of at scientific conferences.

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Adam Bonica @adambonica.bsky.social · 26/08/2026

The Democratic Party has let a consulting industry exploit elderly donors in its name, wreck its reputation and finances in the process, and walk away rich whether the party wins or loses. When a mirror is held up, the instinct is to break the glass rather than look. On why the press looks away:

data4democracy.substack.com

The Bulwark Killed an Investigation into Political Fundraising Spam After Its Publisher Took the Consultants’ Side

This is a story about the Democratic Party captured by its consultants, and about what happens when the pro-democracy press is asked to say so.

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Dr. Lucky Tran @luckytran.com · 21/08/2026

Surprising fact: We are actually NOT seeing more food recalls this year compared with recent years. What we’re seeing is an increase in the number of illnesses caused by contaminated food. This is the largest ever cyclospora outbreak & third-largest foodborne illness outbreak of any kind on record.

Number of food recalls by year
There have been 162 food recalls posted this year by the U.S. Food and Drug Administration and the Department of Agriculture.

Chart shows yearly food recall numbers from 2017 to 2026.

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Jake Grumbach @jakemgrumbach.bsky.social · 10/08/2026

Many myths debunked in this paper. Paper finds that: -faculty partisanship has no effect on students -students ideologically sort into majors; majors don’t affect partisanship -faculty partisanship is uncorrelated with how left/rightwing course content is micah-baum.github.io/files/baum-e...

DO FACULTY AFFECT STUDENT PARTISANSHIP?*
Micah Y. Baum*
Joaquín Endara
Annaliese Paulson®
Abstract
We study whether Democratic college professors make their students more liberal. We link voter data to salary records from 33 state flagships and show that faculty skew Democratic, especially in the humanities and social sciences. We then use student transcripts from one flagship to estimate causal effects. Students become more liberal during college regardless of major and sort toward ideologically similar instructors. Exploiting plausibly random variation in when instructors teach courses, we find no effect of faculty partisanship on student partisanship. Text analysis shows exposure to liberal topics reflects student demand rather than instructor supply, leaving little room for indoctrination.
JEL Codes: 123, D72, H75

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BeijingPalmer @beijingpalmer.bsky.social · 08/08/2026

somehow this piece manages to entirely avoid any mention of *the actual government attempting to impose ideological and political censorship on colleges*

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Shiv Ramdas Mens Rice Activist @nameshiv.bsky.social · 08/08/2026

why shouldn't he attend, CNN, go on now, explain the reason, we'd love to hear it

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CJ Fogler @cjzero.bsky.social · 07/08/2026

This is remarkable

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Joshua Foust 🪖🎮 @joshuafoust.com · 06/08/2026

It’s not clear to me why this isn’t a bigger scandal than Hillary’s Emails. It’s far worse than anything Lois Lerner was even accused of doing at the IRS, but generating a fraction of the coverage. Why?

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tweety fish oh wow like a chimera or something spoooky @sifu.tweety.fish · 06/08/2026

"intentionally sandbagging the visa renewal process for legal immigrants so you can ambush them when they're taking domestic flights to meet an arbitrary daily quota of ruining people's lives" is, you know, when justice is served for these monsters it's not going to be pretty.

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Boo-tros Boo-tros Ghoulish @dlbowman76.com · 06/08/2026

I somehow expect that prediction markets might not permit wagering on the life expectancy of CEOs. Call it a hunch.

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Elizabeth Spiers @espiers.bsky.social · 06/08/2026

After my c-section, I asked my ObGYN what care at home would look like and what sort of painkiller I'd be prescribed (so my husband could pick it up) and he said OTC Tylenol because by asking, I was "exhibiting drug seeking behavior."

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William B. Fuckley @opinionhaver.bsky.social · 06/08/2026

likely STDs that poll better than this idea because of car brain, but a built in speed governor that logged every time you went above the speed limit in a given area and sent you a ticket every X number of times would uncontroversially save more american lives than basically any other single policy

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Robert Evans (the Only Robert Evans) @iwriteok.bsky.social · 05/08/2026

if you're reading all these articles as they come out and assuming the story is "these models are escaping containment and causing danger" and not "this is a PR campaign by companies desperate to build hype" I think you are very silly.

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Katelyn Burns @katelynburns.com · 05/08/2026

They should have Daniel Craig do it again hut give him the Benoit Blanc accent

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maple cocaine @maplecocaine.bsky.social · 03/08/2026

MAHA do not have bipartisan concerns, they are stupid morons who what to feel special by "doing their own research" (watching youtube videos made by complete idiots) and their king is a guy who is probably, as we speak, eating deep fried chipmunks out of a brown paper bag

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Michael Hobbes @michaelhobbes.bsky.social · 03/08/2026

Insane that democrats keep trying to cave on this issue rather than amplifying the fact that it’s being spearheaded by bigots and freaks

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Ben Collins @bencollins.bsky.social · 02/08/2026

A good commissioner steps in now before every WNBA game becomes a rightwing performance space, like school board meetings were during peak CRT. You just have to throw the hammer down on this. Do not give them an inch.

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David Ambaras @borderlander62.bsky.social · 02/08/2026

"Cunningham needed the culture war to get on the map, needing it as much as it needed her. ... The result is a star, the latest participant in an old game no more complicated than checkers but far less interesting."

Sophie Cunningham has been in the league eight years. She’ll be 30 later this month, five and a half years older than Clark, and for the large majority of those years, she’s been a serviceable, unremarkable player who is a top-notch three-point shooter. She wasn’t even who the marketers picked to sell sex to the boys – the role of the glammed-up, blonde beauty baller belonged to 6ft 4in Cameron Brink. Cunningham needed the culture war to get on the map, needing it as much as it needed her, and all it took was a silly finger-point and being in opposition to someone Black. To the aggrieved whites, standing up to someone Black meant standing up for them. Add transphobia to her portfolio, and the result is a star, the latest participant in an old game no more complicated than checkers but far less interesting.

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Lupita Nihongo @otsumamiboy.blacksky.app · 02/08/2026

What I hate about COVID downplayers is… you won okay. In the aftermath of humanity coming together to develop the most crucial vaccines of our lifetime & collectively sacrificing to save lives, we are now less safe, less vaccinated & less empathetic than ever. You won ok. Lay down your swords.

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Prof Christina Pagel @chrischirp.bsky.social · 31/07/2026

🧵On @thenewsagents.co.uk yesterday, school closures and the lab leak theory were offered as two examples of legitimate questions that were hard to ask. Both have in fact been asked constantly since 2020. But here's a thread on why I think they were wrong and dangerous on school closures 1/12

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Soraya Nadia McDonald @soraya.press · 31/07/2026

"WE THE FUCKING JUDGE SON" New York, I love you. I love you so fucking much. Via wali_talks on IG

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BUM CHILLUPS AKA SPENCER HALL AKA PRESIDENT FOOTBALL @edsbs.bsky.social · 30/07/2026

What in the beautiful mind

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